sacrificial lamb

In other words, she wouldn’t want to be the sacrificial lamb in a year that Democrats, in Marshall’s view, appear poised to lose.

The left-winger says he has been made a "sacrificial lamb" after he was suspended by the party this week over a complaint about his behaviour, which he said was "vexatious and politically motivated".

Former Brighton MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle told the BBC he had been made a "sacrificial lamb" after Labour suspended him following a complaint about his behaviour.

For example, Miriam balks when Saul suggests that her son was a sacrificial lamb whose murder by the Romans was allowed by God; this foundational Christian belief is “a brand new idea to her, and it’s heartbreaking to hear someone spin it that way to a grieving mother.”

National Republican Congressional Committee spokesperson Mike Marinella branded Barca as a “sacrificial lamb” who has “put his out of touch policies ahead of Wisconsinites.”